Plants >> Dutchman's Pipe [Epiphyllum oxypetalum]

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Epiphyllum ["upon the leaf" in Greek] is a genus of 19 species of epiphytic plants in the cactus family [Cactaceae], native to Central America. Common names for these species include orchid cacti and leaf cacti.

Epiphyllums are popular house plants, with numerous hybrids and cultivars. The broad-leaved epiphyllum [Epiphyllum oxypetalum] is particularly well-known. It bears large, strongly fragrant flowers, that bloom for a single night only. Flowers produced from flattened portions of the leaves, 12-17 cm wide, nocturnal, very fragrant.
Epiphyllum oxypetalum [Dutchman's Pipe] is a species Epiphyllum, one of the most cultivated species in the genus. It is also referred to as Night blooming Cereus.

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